John III of Armagnac (1359 – July 25, 1391) was a
Count of Armagnac
The following is a list of rulers of the county of Armagnac:
House of Armagnac
*William Count of Fézensac and Armagnac ?– 960
* Bernard the Suspicious, First count privative of Armagnac 960– ?
* Gerald I Trancaléon ? –1020
* Bernard ...
, of
Fézensac and
Rodez from 1384 to 1391.
He was the son of
John II of Armagnac, and Joan of Périgord.
In 1390, John claimed the
Kingdom of Majorca, but was overcome by the troops of
John I of Aragon
John I (27 December 1350 – 19 May 1396), called by posterity the Hunter or the Lover of Elegance, but the Abandoned in his lifetime, was the King of Aragon from 1387 until his death.
Biography
John was the eldest son of Peter IV and his third ...
in a battle near Navata. John III consequently led military actions in Roussillon.
In 1391, he had to leave for
Italy
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in order to go to the assistance of
Charles Visconti, Lord of
Parma
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and husband of his sister, Beatrice of Armagnac. Visconti was in conflict with his acquisitive cousin
Gian Galeazzo Visconti, later the duke of
Milan
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, whose ambition was to control the whole of northern Italy.
His army was attacked and decisively beaten by that of Gian Galeazzo Visconti as it passed through
Alessandria in Piedmont. John III was killed in the battle.
Family
On May 14, 1378, John III married
Margaret (1363–1443), countess of Comminges (1363–1443). They had two daughters:
*Joan, who married
Guillaume-Amanieu de Madaillan (1375–1414) in 1409.
*Margaret, who married
William II of Narbonne in 1415. He was killed in the battle of Verneuil, on August 14, 1424).
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1359 births
1391 deaths
John III